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Established | March 4, 1789; 235 years ago (1789-03-04)[1] |
Location | Washington, D.C. |
Coordinates | 38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444 |
Composition method | Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation |
Authorized by | Constitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1 |
Judge term length | life tenure, subject to impeachment and removal |
Number of positions | 9 (by statute) |
Website | supremecourt |
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This is a list of the 59 cases reported in volume 122 of United States Reports, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1887.
The Supreme Court is established by Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of the United States, which says: "The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court . . .". The size of the Court is not specified; the Constitution leaves it to Congress to set the number of justices. Under the Judiciary Act of 1789 Congress originally fixed the number of justices at six (one chief justice and five associate justices).[2] Since 1789 Congress has varied the size of the Court from six to seven, nine, ten, and back to nine justices (always including one chief justice).
When the cases in volume 122 U.S. were decided the Court comprised the following nine members:
Portrait | Justice | Office | Home State | Succeeded | Date confirmed by the Senate (Vote) |
Tenure on Supreme Court |
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Morrison Waite | Chief Justice | Ohio | Salmon P. Chase | January 21, 1874 (63–0) |
March 4, 1874 – March 23, 1888 (Died) |
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Samuel Freeman Miller | Associate Justice | Iowa | Peter Vivian Daniel | July 16, 1862 (Acclamation) |
July 21, 1862 – October 13, 1890 (Died) |
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Stephen Johnson Field | Associate Justice | California | newly-created seat | March 10, 1863 (Acclamation) |
May 10, 1863 – December 1, 1897 (Retired) |
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Joseph P. Bradley | Associate Justice | New Jersey | newly-created seat | March 21, 1870 (46–9) |
March 23, 1870 – January 22, 1892 (Died) |
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John Marshall Harlan | Associate Justice | Kentucky | David Davis | November 29, 1877 (Acclamation) |
December 10, 1877 – October 14, 1911 (Died) |
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William Burnham Woods | Associate Justice | Georgia | William Strong | December 21, 1880 (39–8) |
January 5, 1881 – May 14, 1887 (Died) |
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Stanley Matthews | Associate Justice | Ohio | Noah Haynes Swayne | May 12, 1881 (24–23) |
May 17, 1881 – March 22, 1889 (Died) |
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Horace Gray | Associate Justice | Massachusetts | Nathan Clifford | December 20, 1881 (51–5) |
January 9, 1882 – September 15, 1902 (Died) |
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Samuel Blatchford | Associate Justice | New York | Ward Hunt | March 22, 1882 (Acclamation) |
April 3, 1882 – July 7, 1893 (Died) |
Under the Judiciary Act of 1789 the federal court structure at the time comprised District Courts, which had general trial jurisdiction; Circuit Courts, which had mixed trial and appellate (from the US District Courts) jurisdiction; and the United States Supreme Court, which had appellate jurisdiction over the federal District and Circuit courts—and for certain issues over state courts. The Supreme Court also had limited original jurisdiction (i.e., in which cases could be filed directly with the Supreme Court without first having been heard by a lower federal or state court). There were one or more federal District Courts and/or Circuit Courts in each state, territory, or other geographical region.
Bluebook citation style is used for case names, citations, and jurisdictions.
Case Name | Page & year | Opinion of the Court | Concurring opinion(s) | Dissenting opinion(s) | Lower court | Disposition of case |
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Barnes v. Chicago, M. & S.P. Ry. | 1 (1887) | Waite | None | None | C.C.E.D. Wis. | affirmed |
State Bank v. St. Louis Rail Fastening Co. | 21 (1887) | Gray | None | None | C.C.S.D. Ill. | dismissed |
Hanna v. Maas | 24 (1887) | Gray | None | None | C.C.W.D. Mich. | affirmed |
Gibson v. Shufeldt & Co. | 27 (1887) | Gray | None | None | C.C.E.D. Va. | dismissed but for one plaintiff |
Eames v. Andrews | 40 (1887) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.D. Conn. | affirmed |
Beedle v. Bennett | 71 (1887) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.N.D. Ohio | affirmed |
St. Louis, I.M. & S. Ry. Co. v. Knight | 79 (1887) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.N.D. Ill. | reversed |
The Manitoba | 97 (1887) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.E.D. Mich. | affirmed |
Parsons v. Robinson | 112 (1887) | Waite | None | None | C.C.E.D. Pa. | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
Bartram v. Robertson | 116 (1887) | Field | None | None | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Topliff v. Topliff | 121 (1887) | Matthews | None | None | C.C.N.D. Ohio | affirmed |
Warren v. Moody | 132 (1887) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.M.D. Ala. | reversed |
Davis v. Patrick | 138 (1887) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.D. Neb. | reversed |
Williams v. City of Albany | 154 (1887) | Field | None | None | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Bullard v. Des Moines & F.D.R.R. Co. | 167 (1887) | Miller | None | None | Iowa | affirmed |
Sanger v. Nightingale | 176 (1887) | Miller | None | None | C.C.S.D. Ga. | affirmed |
Tuttle v. Detroit, G.H. & M. Ry. Co. | 189 (1887) | Bradley | None | Miller | C.C.E.D. Mich. | affirmed |
United States v. C.A. Auffmordt & Co. | 197 (1887) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Benziger Bros. v. Robertson | 211 (1887) | Blatchford | None | None | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Wisner v. Brown | 214 (1887) | Bradley | None | None | Mich. | affirmed |
Simonton v. Sibley | 220 (1887) | Gray | None | None | C.C.W.D.N.C. | affirmed |
Shepherd v. Thompson | 231 (1887) | Gray | None | None | Sup. Ct. D.C. | reversed |
Drexel v. Berney | 241 (1887) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | reversed |
The Hesper | 256 (1887) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.E.D. Tex. | affirmed |
Porter v. Pittsburg [sic] Bessemer Steel Co. | 267 (1887) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.D. Ind. | rehearing denied |
Seibert v. Lewis | 284 (1887) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
Minneapolis Gas-Light Co. v. Kerr-Murray Mfg. Co. | 300 (1887) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | affirmed |
Harshman v. Knox County | 306 (1887) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | reversed |
Walter v. Bickham & Moore | 320 (1887) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.N.D. Miss. | affirmed |
Philadelphia & S.S.S. Co. v. Pennsylvania | 326 (1887) | Bradley | none | none | Pa. | reversed |
Western Union Tel. Co. v. Pendleton | 347 (1887) | Field | none | none | Ind. | reversed |
St. Louis, I.M. & S. Ry. Co. v. Vickers | 360 (1887) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Ark. | affirmed |
Whitsitt v. Union Depot & R.R. Co. | 363 (1887) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | dismissed |
Maxwell Land Grant Case | 365 (1887) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | rehearing denied |
Merchants' Ins. Co. v. Allen | 376 (1887) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | rehearing denied |
Adams v. Collier | 382 (1887) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.S.D. Ga. | reversed |
Goodlett v. Louisville & N.R.R. Co. | 391 (1887) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.M.D. Tenn. | affirmed |
New Process Fermentation Co. v. Maus | 413 (1887) | Blatchford | none | none | C.C.D. Ind. | reversed |
Gandy v. Marble | 432 (1887) | Blatchford | none | none | Sup. Ct. D.C. | affirmed |
Paxton v. Griswold | 441 (1887) | Bradley | none | none | C.C.E.D. Pa. | affirmed |
Estes, Doan & Co v. Gunter | 450 (1887) | Field | none | none | C.C.N.D. Miss. | reversed |
Travelers' Ins. Co. v. Edwards | 457 (1887) | Miller | none | none | C.C.N.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Clinton v. Missouri P. Ry. Co. | 469 (1887) | Miller | none | none | C.C.D. Neb. | reversed |
Argentine Mining Co. v. Terrible [sic] Mining Co. | 478 (1887) | Field | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | affirmed |
Struthers v. Drexel | 487 (1887) | Matthews | none | none | C.C.W.D. Pa. | affirmed |
Bean v. Patterson | 496 (1887) | Field | none | none | C.C.W.D. Mo. | affirmed |
Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Muskegon Nat'l Bank | 501 (1887) | Miller | none | none | C.C.S.D.N.Y. | affirmed |
Burlington, C.R. & N. Ry. Co. v. Dunn | 513 (1887) | Waite | none | none | Minn. | reversed |
Morrison v. Kennedy & Durr | 518 (1887) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Cal. | affirmed |
Texas Trans. Co. v. Seeligson | 519 (1887) | Waite | none | none | C.C.E.D. Tex. | affirmed |
Fisher v. Perkins | 522 (1887) | Waite | none | none | Ky. Super. Ct. | dismissed for want of jurisdiction |
McLeod & Reid v. Fourth Nat'l Bank | 528 (1887) | Miller | none | none | C.C.E.D. Mo. | affirmed |
Thorn Wire Hedge Co. v. Fuller & Patrick | 535 (1887) | Waite | none | none | C.C.D. Minn. | affirmed |
Runkle v. United States | 543 (1887) | Waite | none | none | Ct. Cl. | reversed |
Chicago, B & K.C.R.R. v. Guffey | 561 (1887) | Harlan | none | none | Mo. | rehearing denied |
Shippen v. Bowen | 575 (1887) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.D. Colo. | reversed |
Sun Mutual Ins. Co. v. Kountz Line | 583 (1887) | Harlan | none | none | C.C.E.D. La. | reversed |
Denver & R.G. Ry. Co. v. Harris | 597 (1887) | Harlan | none | none | Sup. Ct. Terr. N.M. | affirmed |
Rice v. United States | 611 (1887) | Waite | none | none | Ct. Cl. | affirmed |
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